Apple's location startup buying spree isn't over yet -- the company has acquired transit company Embark for an undisclosed sum. The news, first reported by Jessica Lessin, comes about a month after the acquisition of another transit app, HopStop. Emb...

Spun is a gorgeously designed newsreader app for iPhone with a location twist, bringing you news and information so you can discover cool things in your city. That's great -- as long as you live in one of the 12 cities that Spun serves. What about ev...

An Australian computer-security expert has created an application that lets anyone see the locations of the last three Wi-Fi access points used by an Apple iPhone or iPad — information that could be used to deduce where the iOS device user lives. Mel...

LAS VEGAS -- Real-time location-sharing app Glympse announced plans Monday to bring its app into Ford vehicles. The first location-sharing app for Ford's SYNC in-car connectivity system, Ford drivers will now be able use voice commands to let friends...

Mobile location technology provider Skyhook has released a new version of its mobile SDK, 4.6. It brings "Always-On" location capabilities, meaning developers can now use persistent background location tracking in their mobile apps. This feature, Sky...

Brian Honigman is the digital marketing manager at Marc Ecko Enterprises. He is a part of Ecko's marketing and ecommerce team, ensuring a polished brand experience across all channels. Follow him on Twitter @Brian_Honigman. Between the rise in locati...

Social media has made the world smaller -- thanks to sites like Facebook, we're all a couple degrees closer to each other. But are those new connections extending beyond the virtual space? An ambitious mobile app called Sonar aims to use the vast amo...

Do you check in on Foursquare or another location-based app on a weekly basis? If so, you're among just 2% of the adult population, according to a new report. Forrester Research surveyed 37,000 people with mobile phones and found that the majority of...

Spending on local digital ads will grow from $23.3 billion in 2011 to $37.9 billion in 2015, according to BIA/Kelsey. However, the local media research firm lowered its expectations for combined digital and traditional local advertising revenues in 2...

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OKCupid has added a handful of location-based features to make spur-of-the-moment dating easier. As of last week, OKCupid started beta testing three location features within its mobile app (iPhone and Android): 1) Broadcasts. This allows you to let y...

It's been about a year since Mashable joined Foursquare, and we have an exciting milestone to report: We've just passed 100,000 followers. The platform has been a great way for us to connect and explore with our community. What began as an offering o...

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Andy Meek is a senior reporter for The Memphis Daily News, where he covers business news in a city that FedEx, AutoZone and more have ensured is a hotbed of entrepreneurship. You can follow him on Twitter @AndyMeekTN. Are we maxed out on checking in?...

Location-based social network Loopt has partnered with deal-of-the-day juggernaut Groupon to integrate the new Groupon Now deals into Loopt's mobile app. Groupon Now launched Friday in Chicago, offering denizens of the Windy City tons of local $1 dea...

Google VP Marissa Mayer laid out the company's vision and strategy for winning in local and social in a keynote Thursday at the Social-Loco conference in San Francisco. Google's location strategy is focused on three areas: exploration and discovery, ...

Google has unveiled Business Photos for Google Maps, a new product that allows users to check out the inside of local businesses. Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of consumer products, made the announcement Thursday at the Social-Loco conferenc...

The last presidential election was only three years ago, but that seems like a generation in the social media age. Just think, back then Twitter was a novelty. Facebook was popular but spent the first half of the year being the second-biggest social ...

Apple is out with a detailed statement explaining how the company uses location data, an issue that has been at the forefront since last week when researchers revealed that the iPhone includes a hidden file that stores latitude, longitude and timesta...

As users and politicians continue to ask questions about the discovery of a location history database built into iOS, Apple is finally addressing the issue. Well, kind of. MacRumors reports that one of its readers sent an email to Apple CEO Steve Job...

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This year's Foursquare Day festivities drew an impressive crowd of users on Saturday (4/16); together, their checkins exceeded 3 million in number during that 24-hour period. The number of checkins on Saturday set a new record for Foursquare, which o...

Location-based social network Loopt introduced Qs, its play at real-time, local micro-reviews, at Wednesday's Where 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. Think of Loopt Qs as Quora meets location-based networking meets Yelp. The idea behind Loopt Qs is to...

Microsoft is hopping gingerly aboard the local deals bandwagon; its first test market is Sweden, where it is launching Lokaldealen, a service that is exactly what it sounds like. The service is a result of the software giant's partnership with Lokald...

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